COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD
Regular MeetingFort Lauderdale, FL · May 21, 2024
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Action Summary
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
2:30 PM
NSU Art Museum - Horvitz Auditorium
1 E Las Olas Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD
FORT LAUDERDALE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS
DEAN J. TRANTALIS - Chair
STEVEN GLASSMAN - Vice Chair
JOHN C. HERBST - Commissioner - District I
PAM BEASLEY-PITTMAN - Commissioner - District III
WARREN STURMAN - Commissioner - District IV
SUSAN GRANT, Acting Executive Director
DAVID R. SOLOMAN, Secretary
THOMAS J. ANSBRO, General Counsel
PATRICK REILLY, City Auditor
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Action Summary May 21, 2024
AGENCY BOARD
***The meeting shall commence at 2:30 PM or as soon thereafter as possible***
PUBLIC APPEARANCES BEFORE THE CRA BOARD:
If any person wishes to address the Board, the person shall sign up in the NSU Art
Museum - Horvitz Auditorium. A member of the City Clerk’s Office Staff will be there to
assist. Speaker Cards are given to the Chair. After being recognized by the Chair, the
speaker should approach the podium, identify the agenda item in question, indicate
support, opposition, or neutrality on the agenda item, and then proceed to succinctly
state the speaker’s position or present information.
If an attorney, or any other person appears before the Board in a representative
capacity, the attorney, or other representative shall also sign up in the NSU Art
Museum - Horvitz Auditorium. A member of the City Clerk’s Office Staff will be there to
assist. After being recognized by the Chair, the speaker should approach the podium,
identify the client(s) being represented, and identify the agenda item in question. The
speaker shall then indicate the client’s support, opposition, or neutrality on the agenda
item and then proceed to succinctly state the client’s position or present information on
behalf of the client(s).
Pursuant to Section 3.13 of the Charter of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the
Mayor (Chair) shall maintain order at all meetings, and the Police Department, upon
instructions of the Mayor (Chair), shall expel any person from the meeting who refuses
to obey the order of the Mayor in relation to preserving order at the meetings. Any
person who interrupts or disturbs a City Commission (Board) meeting, or who willfully
enters or remains in a City Commission (Board) meeting having been warned by the
Mayor (Chair) to depart and who refuses to do so, may be subject to arrest.
AUXILIARY AIDS AND SERVICES: If you desire auxiliary aids or services or both to
assist in viewing or hearing the City Commission (Board) meetings or reading the
agenda and minutes for the meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at
954-828-5002 at a minimum of two days prior to the meeting and arrangements will be
made to provide these services to you.
NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC: If a person decides to appeal any decision
made by the board, agency, or commission with respect to any matter considered at
such meeting or hearing, the person will need a record of the proceedings, and that, for
such purpose, the person may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the
proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which
the appeal is to be based.
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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Action Summary May 21, 2024
AGENCY BOARD
ROLL CALL
Present 5 - Vice Chair Steven Glassman, Commissioner Pam Beasley-Pittman,
Commissioner Warren Sturman, Commissioner John C. Herbst, and
Chair Dean J. Trantalis
MOTIONS
M-1 24-0527 Motion Approving Minutes for May 7, 2024, Community
Redevelopment Agency Board Meeting - (Commission Districts 2
and 3)
APPROVED
Yea: 5 - Vice Chair Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman, Commissioner
Sturman, Commissioner Herbst and Chair Trantalis
RESOLUTIONS
R-1 24-0373 Resolution of the Fort Lauderdale Community Redevelopment
Agency Waiving the Minimum Requirement For Total Project Costs
and the Minimum Contribution Requirement under the Development
Incentive Program and Approving a $307,663 Forgivable Loan to
the Boys and Girls Clubs of Broward County, Inc. and Authorizing
the Executive Director to Execute all Related Instruments;
Authorizing the Executive Director Take Certain Actions -
(Commission District 3)
ADOPTED
Yea: 5 - Vice Chair Glassman, Commissioner Beasley-Pittman, Commissioner
Sturman, Commissioner Herbst and Chair Trantalis
R-2 24-0430 Resolution Approving a $6,000,000 Development Incentive Program
Forgivable Loan to Sirrom Commercial, Inc. for the 1435 Art
Xchange Mixed-Use Project Located at 1429-1435 Sistrunk
Boulevard, Authorizing a Lease of Commercial Space in the Project
to the Fort Lauderdale Community Redevelopment Agency,
Authorizing the Executive Director to Execute Any and All Related
Instruments, and Delegating Authority to the Executive Director to
Take Certain Actions - (Commission District 3)
REMOVED FROM AGENDA
ADJOURNMENT
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Agenda
City of Fort Lauderdale
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD
Agenda
Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - 2:30 PM
NSU Art Museum - Horvitz Auditorium
1 E Las Olas Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
https://fortlauderdale.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
www.fortlauderdale.gov/fltv
www.youtube.com/cityoffortlauderdale
Cable Television - Comcast Channel 78 and AT&T U-verse Channel 99
FORT LAUDERDALE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS
DEAN J. TRANTALIS - Chair
STEVEN GLASSMAN - Vice Chair
JOHN C. HERBST - Commissioner - District I
PAM BEASLEY-PITTMAN - Commissioner - District III
WARREN STURMAN - Commissioner - District IV
SUSAN GRANT, Acting Executive Director
DAVID R. SOLOMAN, Secretary
THOMAS J. ANSBRO, General Counsel
PATRICK REILLY, City Auditor
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Agenda May 21, 2024
AGENCY BOARD
***The meeting shall commence at 2:30 PM or as soon thereafter as possible***
PUBLIC APPEARANCES BEFORE THE CRA BOARD:
If any person wishes to address the Board, the person shall sign up in the NSU Art Museum
- Horvitz Auditorium. A member of the City Clerk’s Office Staff will be there to assist.
Speaker Cards are given to the Chair. After being recognized by the Chair, the speaker
should approach the podium, identify the agenda item in question, indicate support,
opposition, or neutrality on the agenda item, and then proceed to succinctly state the
speaker’s position or present information.
If an attorney, or any other person appears before the Board in a representative capacity,
the attorney, or other representative shall also sign up in the NSU Art Museum - Horvitz
Auditorium. A member of the City Clerk’s Office Staff will be there to assist. After being
recognized by the Chair, the speaker should approach the podium, identify the client(s)
being represented, and identify the agenda item in question. The speaker shall then
indicate the client’s support, opposition, or neutrality on the agenda item and then proceed
to succinctly state the client’s position or present information on behalf of the client(s).
Pursuant to Section 3.13 of the Charter of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the Mayor
(Chair) shall maintain order at all meetings, and the Police Department, upon instructions of
the Mayor (Chair), shall expel any person from the meeting who refuses to obey the order
of the Mayor in relation to preserving order at the meetings. Any person who interrupts or
disturbs a City Commission (Board) meeting, or who willfully enters or remains in a City
Commission (Board) meeting having been warned by the Mayor (Chair) to depart and who
refuses to do so, may be subject to arrest.
AUXILIARY AIDS AND SERVICES: If you desire auxiliary aids or services or both to assist
in viewing or hearing the City Commission (Board) meetings or reading the agenda and
minutes for the meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 954-828-5002 at a
minimum of two days prior to the meeting and arrangements will be made to provide these
services to you.
NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC: If a person decides to appeal any decision made
by the board, agency, or commission with respect to any matter considered at such
meeting or hearing, the person will need a record of the proceedings, and that, for such
purpose, the person may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is
made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be
based.
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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Agenda May 21, 2024
AGENCY BOARD
ROLL CALL
MOTIONS
M-1 24-0527 Motion Approving Minutes for May 7, 2024, Community Redevelopment
Agency Board Meeting - (Commission Districts 2 and 3)
Attachments: May 7, 2024, Community Redevelopment Agency Board Meeting
RESOLUTIONS
R-1 24-0373 Resolution of the Fort Lauderdale Community Redevelopment Agency
Waiving the Minimum Requirement For Total Project Costs and the
Minimum Contribution Requirement under the Development Incentive
Program and Approving a $307,663 Forgivable Loan to the Boys and Girls
Clubs of Broward County, Inc. and Authorizing the Executive Director to
Execute all Related Instruments; Authorizing the Executive Director Take
Certain Actions - (Commission District 3)
Attachments: CRA Board Memo 24-0373
Exhibit 1 - Location Map
Exhibit 2 - Broward County Property Appraiser Information
Exhibit 3 - Application for CRA Funding Assistance
Exhibit 4 - Project Purpose and Economic Impact
Exhibit 5 - Business Plan
Exhibit 6 - Project Photos
Exhibit 7 - Project Cost and Funding Breakdown
Exhibit 8 - March 12, 2024, NPF Advisory Board Meeting Draft Minutes
Exhibit 9 - Development Incentive Program Agreement
Exhibit 10 - Resolution
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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Agenda May 21, 2024
AGENCY BOARD
R-2 24-0430 Resolution Approving a $6,000,000 Development Incentive Program
Forgivable Loan to Sirrom Commercial, Inc. for the 1435 Art Xchange
Mixed-Use Project Located at 1429-1435 Sistrunk Boulevard, Authorizing
a Lease of Commercial Space in the Project to the Fort Lauderdale
Community Redevelopment Agency, Authorizing the Executive Director to
Execute Any and All Related Instruments, and Delegating Authority to the
Executive Director to Take Certain Actions - (Commission District 3)
Attachments: CRA Board Memo 24-0430
Exhibit 1 – Location Map
Exhibit 2 – Application for Funding
Exhibit 3 – Broward County Property Appraiser Information
Exhibit 4 – Proposed Unit Plans
Exhibit 5 – Standard Unit Features and Amenities
Exhibit 6 – Project Illustrations
Exhibit 7 – YMCA Letter of Support
Exhibit 8 – Project Budget/Sources and Uses/Proforma
Exhibit 9 – Letter of Interest for Loan Commitment
Exhibit 10 – Development Team Information
Exhibit 11 – April 9, 2024, CRA Advisory Board Draft Minutes
Exhibit 12 – Development Incentive Program Letter of Intent – 1435 Art Xchange Project
Exhibit 13 – Resolution
ADJOURNMENT
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